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Synonyms for drone

Most common

trailer poke lagger dawdler whir US meow US drudge burdon

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Hum

hum, whir US, whirr UK, humming

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.

  2. n. 2

    One who performs menial or tedious work.

Forms

Plural
drones → trailers, pokes, dawdlers, laggards…

Example sentences

  • trailer That was just a trailer, the film is yet to come.
  • poke I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
  • meow "What's up, Cookie?" "Meow." "You always say that."

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dronerising
trailerfalling
pokerising
laggerfalling
dawdlerrising
whirrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
hum1
4 letters
poke1, slug1, meow2, whir
5 letters
snail1, idler3, whirr, miaow, mopus2
6 letters
drudge1, burdon2, doddle, lagger
7 letters
trailer2, humming2, laggard2, dawdler
8 letters
monotone3, sluggard
9 letters
dronepipe

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (meow2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
drone
Deutsch
Drohne